Prompt: Wisdom. What was the wisest decision you made this year, and how did it play out?
Okay, going back to my recurring answer about quitting my job. Yes, obviously it is a big deal to me, and apparently the only thing I'm going to remember this year by.
SO! The wisest decision I made this year was to give myself a deadline of when I was going to quit my job.
I don't know how exactly this came about. Probably influenced by astrology or tarot cards or some other metaphysical thing. But I felt that I had to take action NOW! And I knew that if I didn't set a deadline for myself, excuses would always come up. The idea being of course, that there would be all this stuff that I could do to prepare for it. Which I didn't. Of course.
I set the deadline to tell my boss on the day of our monthly meeting. So I went in to work anxious, knowing that TODAY WAS THE DAY that my life was going to change.
And then she rescheduled.
Holy crap. I could barely contain myself. I thought I was going to vomit.
But contain myself I did. And luckily, she rescheduled for later that day, or perhaps the next. Soon enough that I didn't have an aneurysm. And for that I'm grateful.
And she actually was quite supportive! So, that was good, because I was scared she was going to look at me and say, "Are you NUTS?". But she didn't. Instead, she pointed out my qualities that would help me on my endeavor.
My endeavor of which, at the time, came out sounding like gobbledigook. But, having to repeat the reason why I was quitting over and over, my business began to really take shape. By putting out there in the open, instead of just letting it brew around in my mind, constantly altering itself, it began to become solid. And I got to hear peoples feedback and ideas, which was helpful.
And then finally, after I quit my job, I thought, wow, I could actually do this.
Let's see if I
Okay, going back to my recurring answer about quitting my job. Yes, obviously it is a big deal to me, and apparently the only thing I'm going to remember this year by.
SO! The wisest decision I made this year was to give myself a deadline of when I was going to quit my job.
I don't know how exactly this came about. Probably influenced by astrology or tarot cards or some other metaphysical thing. But I felt that I had to take action NOW! And I knew that if I didn't set a deadline for myself, excuses would always come up. The idea being of course, that there would be all this stuff that I could do to prepare for it. Which I didn't. Of course.
I set the deadline to tell my boss on the day of our monthly meeting. So I went in to work anxious, knowing that TODAY WAS THE DAY that my life was going to change.
And then she rescheduled.
Holy crap. I could barely contain myself. I thought I was going to vomit.
But contain myself I did. And luckily, she rescheduled for later that day, or perhaps the next. Soon enough that I didn't have an aneurysm. And for that I'm grateful.
And she actually was quite supportive! So, that was good, because I was scared she was going to look at me and say, "Are you NUTS?". But she didn't. Instead, she pointed out my qualities that would help me on my endeavor.
My endeavor of which, at the time, came out sounding like gobbledigook. But, having to repeat the reason why I was quitting over and over, my business began to really take shape. By putting out there in the open, instead of just letting it brew around in my mind, constantly altering itself, it began to become solid. And I got to hear peoples feedback and ideas, which was helpful.
And then finally, after I quit my job, I thought, wow, I could actually do this.
Let's see if I
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